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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-10-13
THE VIKINGS GRAVE.
How the Ancient Saxons Buried Their
Trusted Chiefs and Rulers.

How the Ancient Saxons Buried Their
Trusted Chiefs and Rulers.
His feet were turned little north of
west. as if he was laid to face the di-
rection of the setting sun, for several
vertebrate of the back lay continuously
along the center, and beyond these
was the left thigh bone. He had worn
wooden surcoat edged with beauti-
full frilling of gold, and buekled at the
neck with a golden clasp, for some
traces of woven wooden fiber were
found adhering beneath fragment of
decayed wood, and numer-
Gus shreds of gold tissue,
sometimes ten inches in length,
gathered up into fringe of an inch in
width, were scattered for some two
yards along the middle of the grave;
and above these was a
buckle, four inches long,
made of four ounces of pure
gold. richly chased. and set with gar
nets and with ornaments of colored
enamel, which still retains it's bril-
liancy. He wore also belt of stamped
leather. fastened by two gold buckles,
of only less beautiful workmanship
than that which clasped his mantle,
for the buckles were lying at about
the center of the body and fragment
of the leather remained in one of
them. Over his lap was laid his shield.
circular, two feet in width. its under
side of wood, strengthened with a
ring OF. iron, it's outer side incased with
bronze; and portions of this were
found, the central ring lying three
feet from the brooch buckle, and
serving to give some idea of the fero's
stature. His hands were placed across
the shield as he lay, as if to clasp it to
his breast; and. attached to his sleeves,
he wore bracelets or armlets of bronze,
with serrated edges and rims Of
gilded silver-for these were found,
with traces of the wooden fabric of his
under garment still adhering to the
rims. lying above the fragments of the
shield His large two-edged sword of
iron, thirty inches long, in its sheath
of wood, was laid at his side, and close
to his hand was the sear, or dagger of
iron, and a barbed javelin lay near; for
all of these were found, some in the
last stages of decay, together with
many lesser fragments of bronze and
iron, which may have been portions of
his armor. To the right of his feet was
placed bucket, such as the Saxons
commonly carried in their war ships;
and though fattened by the pressure
of the earth upon it, this bucket was
sufficiently preserved to show that its
materials were of the same character
as those of the shield. -BIackaDood' s
MAGAZINE.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-10-13
A LUCKY ESCAPE.
Adventure of a Boston Gentleman Who
Was Close to Unseen Danger.

Adventure of Boston Gentleman Who
Was Close to Unseen Danger.
My remarks relating to empty houses
have called forth the following from
a correspondent of mine:
A gentleman of this city. living on
Beacon street, was accustomed during
the absence of his family at Nahant to
occupy room in his city house on
stormy nights when he was unable to
reach that stormy promontory with his
yacht One Saturday night, being
forced by heavy rain and absence of
wind to give up his projected trip. he
returned to his residence, unlocked the
door, entered and proceeded to light
candle which he usually left on the
hall table. He was struck by diminu-
ton of its size, and knowing that he
alone possessed the keys of the house.
his suspicious were aroused and he
hasteEed to his bedroom for pair of
queerly mounted revolvers which he
kept in his bureau drawer. He found
them gone, but being a plucky man
he started on a tour of inspection, and
taking first the rooms opening on the
front staircase, he proceeded to the at
tic and from there down the back stairs
to the cellar. On arriving there he
pushed open the door. and standing up
on the doorsill, examined the place, but
finding nothing to excite his suspicious,
he returned to his room, put out his
light and went to bed. About two
years after two burglars were captured
in New Jersey and sentenced, one of
them capitally for murder. The man,
before his execution, asked for pen
and paper, saying he wished to write
to certain Mr.. Gin Boston. This
was granted, and he wrote the gentle
man that if he examined the top of a
certain beam in his cellar he would
find his revolvers, which he and his
mate had removed from bis bureau
4on the night referred to when his sus-
picions were aroused, and added that
he h ad followed him closely while he
was scanning his rooms. and finally
had concealed himself behind the cell
lar door. which had hidden him when
Mr.. C-opened it The burglar added
. 1T was lucky for you that you didn't
look behind the door, as I was ready
for you with knife. boston Post.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-10-13

them, and the hall dressed won ~ ~
seem always to be snoozing IN the z-p
Surrounding the city for radius 81
threescore miles is Jungle full Of
patriarchal trees, stately and veneer
able. draped with long moss and
slender vines that look like the rigging
of ship. Their limbs are covered
with wonderful orchids. as bright and
radiant as the plumage Of the birds,
the Espiritu Santo and other rare
plants being as plentiful as the daisies
in . New England meadow. There
is another flower, elsewhere unknown,
called the ..turn-sol,'' which in the
morning is white and wax-like.
resembling the camellia, but at noon
has turned to the most vivid scarlet,
and at sunset drops off its stem. This
picture is seen from shipboard through
a veil of mist-miasmatic vapor-in
which the lungs of men find poison.
but the air-plants food. 1t reaches
from the breast of the mountains to
the foam-fringed shore. broken only
by the feecy clouds that hang low and
motionless in the atmosphere, as if
they, with all the rest of nature. had
shifted the fragrance of the poppy and
sunk to sleep
But in the mornings and evenings,
when the air is cool, Limon is busy
place. Dwarfish engines with long
trains of cars wind down from the in
terror. laden with coffee and bananas
HaH-naked roustabouts file back and
forth across the gang-planks loading
steamers for Liverpool New York and
New Orleans. The coffee is allowed
to accumulate in the warehouses un-
til the vessels come, but the bananas
must not be picked till the last
moment at telegraphic notice. the
morning the steamer sails. Trains OF
cars are sent to the side tracks OF ev-
cry plantation, and are loaded with
the haif-ripe fruit still glistening with
the dew. There are often as many as
fifty thousand punches on single
steamer. representing six million ba-
nanas. but they are SO perishable that
more than half the cargo goes over
board before its dest ination is reached
Along the track many plantations
have been opened in the jungle, and
produce prolificallv. Many Of the set
tiers are from the United States, from
the South particularly, and. it being
the fashion to christen the plantations.
the traveller finds over the entrances
sign-boards that bear familiar names.
Over the gateway to one of the finest
haciendas, as they are called, is the i'm
scription: Johnny Reb' Last Ditch
a forlorn and almost hopeless ex-Con-
federate having drifted there. after
much buffeting by tune. and taken
up Government land, on which he now
is in fair way to make fortune
W E. Curtis. in Harper's Magazine.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-10-13
SIGHTS IN COSTA RIGA.

A Central American Country Whose Fer
tility Is Simply Marvellous.
Nearly four hundred years ago an
old sailor coasted along the eastern
shore of Costa Rica in bark not much
bigger than a cana1-boat, searching for
q passage to the western sea- He had
bunk built in the bows of his little
vessel where he could rest his weary
bones and look out upon the world he
had discovered. There was little left
of him but his will. He had explored
the whole coast from Yukatan to
Trinidad, and found it an unbroken
line of continents contradiction OF
all his reasoning, defiance of all his
theories, and an impossible obstacle
to the hopes he had cherished for thir-
ty years. The geography of the New
World was clear enough in his mind.
The earth was globe; there was no
doubt of it; and there must be a
navigable belt of water around. So
he CROPPED along. seeking the passage
he felt should be there, cruising into
each river, and following the shore
lines of each gulf and bay. Instinct
lively he lowered around the narrowest
portion of the continent, where was
but slender strip of land, upheaved
by some mighty CONFUSION, to shatter
his theories and defy his dreams. 1t
was the most pathetic picture in all
history. Finally, overcome by age and
infrmity, he had to abandon the at
tempt, and fearing to return to Spain
aofh fo eff fhn
rice of his sovereign, surrendered the
command of his little fleet to his broth
err Bartholomew. and wept while the
carnival of murder and plumber, that
was to last three ce INJURIES, was begun.
Among other points visited for bar
ter with the Indians was a little har-
Dor in which were islands covered
with lines, and Columbus marked the
place upon his chart Puerto de
Limon." To-day it is collection of
cheap wooden houses and bamboo
huts, with wharves, warehouses and
railway-shops, surrounded by the most
luxurious tropical vegetation. alive
with birds of gorgeous plumage, VEN
omous reptiles and beautiful tiger-cats.
Here and there about the place are
patches of sugar-cane and groups of
cocoanut trees, with the widespread
ing bread-fruit that God gave to the
tropical savage as He gave rice and
maize to his northern brother, and
the slender, graceful rubber-tree,
whose frosty-colored notified trunk
looks like the neck Of q
giraffe. It scarcely casts q
shadow; but the banana, with its long
pale green plumes. furnishes plenty OF
shelter for the palm-thatched cabins.
the naked babies that play around
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-10-13
VERY GREAT CITIES.
Those Whose Population Is Placed ut One
Million and Upward.

Those Whose Population Is Placed at Ono
Million and Upward.
Cities with /. 900, 600 inhabitants and
upward have never been plentiful In
any age Of the world. and their num-
Der is very limited now. There are
four such cities in Europe. three or
four in Asia, and but one on this con-
tinent The doubt IN regard to the
number in Asia arises from the fact
that it is difficult to determine whether
the claim of Marking to 1000. 900 in
babitants is correct or not Assuming
it, however, to be just the rank Of the
very great cities of the world, based
on the censuses of 1880 and 1873 1.
would stand as follows: London, 4. 766, :
Gel; Paris, 9. 269 023; Canton. 1000,
600; New York. I. 2O6. $50; Toxic, /. 140,-
$50; Berlin, 1,122. $50; Vienna !, 1O3,-
857; Picking, ], 900. 900; Marking. /. 0OO.-
0O0 The round numbers given as rep
resenting the population of the three
Chinese citie5 named have very sus-
picious look, and perhaps they
entirely. Certainly, Chinese or jap
anese estimates or partial enumere-
tons are not to be placed beside q
properly taken census A singular
illustration of the folly Of estimates
was furnished by the case Of Toxic.
which was once believed to be the
most populous city in the world, and
to have 4. 900. 90 0 inhabitats. When a
census came to be taken the population
of the city was found to be as stated
above, and this number includes the
suburbs The population of the city
proper was but 811. $40. In the figures
given for Vienna, the suburbs are also
included As London is not city, in
the proper sense of the term, but an
aggregation of municipalities. the pop
ulation given is that of the metropoh-
tan and city police districts which
cover a very large area, about %
square miles. A similar area about
New York would take in all Kings
County, half of Queens, Westcher and
Richmond Counties. as well as Jersy
City, Newark, and numerous small
towns in New Jersey, with an aggre-
gate population at the last census of
at least 2. $50. 600, and, of course,
much larger population now.-Epoeh.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-10-13
SAILOR JACK.
The Story of the Mutiny on the
ssTwo Sisters"
How q Cruel Captain and His Mates Trieo
to Starve the Crew-A Righteous
Resistance to Tyranny.

Twenty seven years ago this day oc-
CURED the mutiny on the ship Two
Sisters. All the circumstances were
published at the time. but doubt II
there are to-day dozen people in the
United States who can recall them l
was one of the crew. and a participant,
and am now going to give the story
of the crime, and leave the reader to
Judge who was to blame that the
mutiny came about
The Two Sisters was . fair-sfzed
ship, carrying from sixteen to nineteen
men snd was owned and sailed from
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-10-13
Miss Susie c. Wright. locally

Miss Susie c. Wright. locally
spoken of as 1.-THE belle of Henrico
County, Va. had a lover, Thomas
Noble, of Richmond, to whom her
parents were opposed. On Friday
three young women and three young
men, all on horseback, rode up to the
Wright mansion and called upon Miss
Susie to join them. She did so. The
cavalcade galloped out of the grounds
of the Wright mansion while Mr.. and
Mrs. Wright were rocking themselves
in big arm chairs on the porch The
young man from Richmond. on o
handsome bay horse, was awaiting his
betrothed i've miles away. The party
made train at the nearest railway
station, and the lovers were soon
steaming toward Washington. D. G.
where they were married shortly after
their arrival.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-10-13
Little Maurice Bergeon was catch

Little Maurice Bergeon was CATCH
ing shrimps at Bruly Landing. La.
the other day, when large alligator
suddenly appeared near him and made
an effort to throw him into the river
with his tail. Fortunately the blow.
struck with terrible force. missed its
mark, and the boy turned to run for
his life, AS he did so the monster
made rush at him. Coming out Of
the water, he seized Maurice by the leg.
INJECTING slight flesh wound and
tearing of great portion Of the boys
trousers Before the alligator could
get & second hold on the boy he had
scrambled up the landing and was out
Of danger.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-10-13
A Bright Future.

''When / was twenty-one years OF
age,n he said. II thought that if /
wasn't rich at thirty would be too
old to enjoy wealth"
How old are you now?"
Seventy"
..And rich, of coursep''
mo, Pm poor man yet; but I've
got a scheme in view that will make
me as rich as mud before Pm eighty,
and then Propose to take things easy
and enjoy life M +. Sun
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-10-13

Editor Ito young assistant) MIR
Greathead. want to map out line q
journalistic study for YOUR Young
assistant (dubiously)-"I am pretty
we'll mp IN newspaper snuff. as it is,
SIR" Editor-'I am aware of that,
Mr.. Greathead; but you know too
much would suggest that you devote
one hour each day to forgetting sqmc-
thing Puck
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-10-13
A Correct Diagnosis.

Young physician Ito patienD-Your
dyspepsia comes, think, sir, from too
high living. You are very high
liver, are you not?
Patient-Yes. sir; live on the tor
floor of u New York flat.-Life.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-10-13

offshoot of our mutiny. and / have
heard it declared that our adventure
was the best thing which could have
happened for sailors on any OCEAN
u T. San.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-10-13
HOW HE WON CONSENT.

Once for beautious maiden E4s
"a youth with passion burned.
And he had reason to believe
Bis passion was returned:
But though young man excellent.
And his sweetheart's loving slave.
The parents were to him as cold
As Manitoba wave.
He dared not TO the old man 90
And formal press his suit,
Lest having asked the daughters hand
he should get the fathers foot;
While his prospective mother-in-law
Was still more dread-good lack;
There walked no cat upon four legs
Dared arch at her its back
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-10-13

would be hanged. 1t didn't seem to
occur to the people at large that we
could have any defense. and we were
condemned long enough before the
trial came on. The owners of the ship
were rich as well as penurious. and
they wanted us executed as warning
to other sailors. However, when the
trial came on the general public got
something to open their eyes. Our
lawyers had had the provisions in
spected by medical men. and had
saved samples for the jury. The medi-
cal gentlemen affirmed that no human
stomach could retain such provisions,
and recommended that the owners be
promptly prosecuted. Then we had
the name of the mate to the statement of
facts, the testimony of the steward and
cook, and it was shown that we had
set signal and behaved ourselves in
an orderly way.
The case was decided in ten min
utes, and every man of US was set at
liberty. There was talk of suits against
the ship-owners, but they sent an
agent around to each of us with a fifty
pound note, and we made no move
against them. Our trial and the facts
brought out brought to light other
facts, one of which was that British
sailors were treated worse than ours
and were fed mostly on condemned
stores A social and political agita-
ton resulted. and from it grew the
government inspe ctors and the laws
which give Sailor Jack the rights of .
human being. The move which Plim-
soil made against overlooking was an
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-02-10
How Nellie Grant vas Won.

When Nellie Grant first went to Eng
land she was just II, 1.-The sweetest,
most natural, delightful of American
maidens,' remarks Adam Badcau, who
says further:
On the return voyage the young lady
met her fate. Mr.. and Mrs. Borie were
both i'll and kept their staterooms while
Miss Nellie remained on deck. There
she fell in with a young Englishman,
and before they reached America the
mischief had been done that she was
sent to Europe to avoid. ''Nellic
Grant" was engaged-and to M Eng
lishman. Sartoris told me how he
asked Gen. Grant for the young lady's
hand. With al the awe Of IN Eng
lishman for the head of State, he was
invited to dinner ut the White House,
knowing what was expected of him.
After dinner the President led the way
to the billiardroom and offered him a
cigar. Then" said Sartoris, Il knew
my time had come. WAITED and hoped
the President would help me, but not a
word did he say. He sat silent. look
ing at ne. l hesitatcd. and fidgcted,
and coughed. and thought should sink
through the floor. Finally | exclaimed
in desperation: Mr.. President. want
to marry your daughter. 1t took a
bold man to say that to Gen. Grant. but
doubtless the boldness recommended
him. for Sartoris carried away the prize.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-02-10
Ex-soidIers in Congress.

Washington Letter: The current
notion that there are no more military
men left on the Republican side Of the
Senate, now that Logan is gone is hard
" correct. There are two full Major
Generals there now-Sewell Of New
Jersey and Malone, who got his stars
in the Confederate service. Joe Hawley
was brevetted Major-General; Tom
Bowen Of Colorado, Van Wyck and
Henderson of Nebraska, and Harrison
of Indiana were full Brigadiers;
Ingalls, and Plumb were both Lieu
tenant-Colonels. Spooner was bre-
vettcd Major in the Fortieth Wisconsin,
Warner Miller was a Second-Lieuten-
ant in the Fifth New York, and Dolph
of Oregon attained the rank of Orderly
Sergeant in Capt. Crawford i company
known as the Oregon Escort, raised in
1862 to protect settlers from maraud-
ing Indians on the plains. This COM
pletes the military list on the Republic
can side, unless DR.. Evarts be included.
He is sometimes called General a
rank he secured when johnson APP
pointed him Attorney General. On the
Democratic side are number of mill
tary geniuses. among them five full
Major-Generals- Wade Hamp-
ton, Butler, Colquitt, and Matt RAN
som. George and Walthall, the Mis-
sissippi Senators, and Morgan of Ala
bama were Brigadiers. Maxey is the
only West Pointer in the Senate.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-02-10
A New York Panther.

For the last two weeks the inhabi-
tants of the secluded little Village of
Humphrey. near Clean, n. Y, have
almost nightly visits Of a huge panther.
The hamlet is situated in Il valley com
pletely surrounded by mountains COW
cred with dense forests. A large num-
Der Of sheep, hogs. andcalyes have been
destroyed by the panther. and several
persons narrowly escaped with their
lives. A farmer named Whitney was
imprisoned in small ont-building one
cold night and nearly frozen. The pan
Their stood guard at the door while de-
vouring sheep. Whitncys family
heard his cries for assistance, but dared
not venture out of the house. A church
congregation which hadasscmbled at the
school-house one day last week was i'm
prisoned for three hours by the pam
ther. All the male inhabitants plnckcd
up courage last Tuesday and, armed
with ancient shotgnns. rusty rifles. and
various other weapons and led by a
mongrcl pack of dogs, they hunted the
panther. The dogs discovered the
beast in ravine in the dense woods.
three miles from the village. He took
refuge in tall hemlock, but not before
he had killed two of the most courage
Gus ours. Then from a safe distance i
vollcy of mllsket-balls and buckshoi
was fired into the tree where the ami.
NAL was partly hidden from sight
Some Of the balls took effect and with 4
scream of pain the panther fell to thu
ground and soon expired. He was /,
monster, measuring over eight fee
from head to tail.